Derby County’s Richard Keogh will be involved in the play-offs for the 2018 World Cup in Russia, after the Republic of Ireland beat Wales at the Cardiff City Stadium on Monday night to secure their place in the draw.

Italy, Croatia, Denmark, and Northern Ireland have also confirmed their spots in the play-offs, barring miraculous results from Netherlands against Sweden and Gibraltar against Greece, it will be the Swedes and Greeks that will be joining.

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The remaining position yet to be decided comes down to a crunch match between Portugal and Switzerland on Tuesday night, where anything other than a Portugal win sees the European Champions into the play-offs too.

The eight teams consisting the make-up of the draw will be seeded, the seeds being based on FIFA World Rankings. The top four seeded teams in the draw will face the remaining four unseeded sides.